1940s
One of the largest congregations in Newport was the Holden Avenue Church of Christ. The Church of Christ had come to Jackson County in the mid-1800’s and had flourished to the point that by the 1940’s there were more than 25 congregations in the county....
1940s
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1880, and the congregation built this fine structure in 1914 at the corner of Sixth and Main Streets. Long the home of a vibrant congregation, the church moved “out on the highway” (away from...
1910's
The Surrounded Hill Church of Christ, west of Newport and pictured here in 1915, was thought to be the oldest church in Jackson County, having been built in the 1850’s. There are many “surrounded hills” in the Arkansas Delta, which are low,...
